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BornOctober 27, 1922
DiedJune 11, 2014 (age 91)
Place of birthCleveland, Ohio, USA
Film credits93
Ruby Dee
DeceasedKnown for Acting
Biography
Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun. Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Do the Right Thing (1989) and American Gangster (2007).
Filmography
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Love in Exile
2026
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
Betty and Coretta
2013
as Narrator
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
as Self
A Thousand Words
2012
as Annie McCall
Video Girl
2011
as Valerie
Politics of Love
2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
as Miss Candy
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009
as Narrator (voice)
America
2009
as Mrs. Harper
Steam
2007
as Doris
American Gangster
2007
as Mama Lucas
All About Us
2007
as Ms. Ella
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007
as Herself
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Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
as Self
Discovering William Greaves
2006
as Self
The Way Back Home
2006
as Maude
No. 2
2006
as Nanna Maria
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005
as Nanny
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
as Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as (archive footage)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002
as Self